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Cigarette Robbery
Police are searching for a man who stole cigarettes from a New Bedford convenience store on Thursday night. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says that at around 7:45 p.m. a man walked into the Lucky 7 Variety Store at 701 Cottage Street and asked to purchase four packs of cigarettes...
North End Robbery
An early morning robbery in the North End nets a robber plenty of cigarettes, but no cash. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says that around 3 a.m. a man armed with a gun entered the the Sam's Mobile on Ashley Blvd. The 23-year-old male clerk ran to back room and locked himself in...
Report: Underage Tobacco Sales at Record Lows
Report: Underage Tobacco Sales at Record Lows
Report: Underage Tobacco Sales at Record Lows
New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage. A federal report issued Tuesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration says that the rate of retail tobacco sales to underage users nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997, to 9...